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Eduard Greyling

Eduard Greyling
Born Eduard Christian Greyling
15 February 1948
Germiston, South Africa
Occupation Ballet dancer
Parent(s) Ferdinand Jacobus Greyling and Jacomina Nicolasina Heyneman

Eduard Greyling (born 15 February 1948) is a South African ballet dancer, now retired. After an illustrious career as a principal dancer with CAPAB Ballet in Cape Town, he became well known as a dance notator, teacher, journalist, and critic.

Eduard Christian Greyling was born in Germiston, a town in the northern province of Transvaal (now Gauteng) in South Africa. Located in the eastern part of the Witwatersrand, it was the site of a farm where a large deposit of gold was discovered in 1886, which led to the establishment of the gold-mining industry in South Africa and the development of the city of Johannesburg. Greyling was the son of Ferdinand Jacobus Greyling and his wife, Jacomina Nicolasina Heyneman. After the family had moved south, to Cape Town, he began his dance studies at the age of 12 with Jennifer Louw, subsequently enrolling at the University of Cape Town Ballet School for advanced training. There he was taught by Cecily Robinson, Pamela Chrimes, and David Poole, all of whom were exponents of the Cecchetti method of ballet training. He continued his studies with them after graduating in 1965 from Hoêrskool D.F. Malan (D.F. Malan High School), a bilingual school (Afrikaans and English) in Bellville with a strong program in music and other arts.

In 1966, Greyling joined CAPAB Ballet, a government-subsidized company named for the Cape Performing Arts Board. With his good looks, muscular physique, imposing height, and clean technique, he was soon cast in leading roles, becoming the first danseur noble to emerge from the ranks of the company. Over the next few years, he appeared as Siegfried in Swan Lake (1967), Solor in La Bayadère (1969), Franz in Coppélia (1971), Amyntas in Sylvia (1971), Albrecht in Giselle (1972), the Prince in The Nutcracker (1972), and the Poet in Les Sylphides (1974). He also excelled in lighthearted roles, such as the Artist in Frederick Ashton's The Two Pigeons (1968) and Captain Belaye in John Cranko's Pineapple Poll (1969), and in heroic roles, such as Daphnis in Gary Burne's Daphnis and Chloë (1969) and Oberon in David Poole's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970). He was the acknowledged leader of the company's contingent of accomplished male dancers, which included Keith Macintosh, Keith Maidwell, and John Simons.


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